Of Planting Trees

“A society grows great when old men plant trees, whose shade they know they shall never sit in”
From an ancient Greek Proverb

Mr Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), First Prime Minister of Singapore. He had never failed to plant a tree every year from 1963-2014 (picture from the Straits Times Archives)

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